Volume 2 Issue 6, June 2019

Lucas Pope, creator of the video game Return of the Obra Dinn, tells Nature Electronics about game development and the future of gaming.

Ultrathin calcium fluoride layers can provide an effective gate dielectric for two-dimensional transistors.

A read-out scheme inspired by dynamic random access memory could help deliver scalable quantum computers.

Surface plasmons propagating on conductive fabrics can be used to connect wearable sensors around the body, creating a secure and versatile body area network.

With the help of algorithms for target tracking and removal of random body-movement noise, a radio-frequency sensor can track multiple people and monitor their individual vital signs in a real-world setting.

This Perspective examines the potential role of conductive atomic force microscopy in the development of nanoelectronics, exploring possible characterization strategies, enhanced electronics for the technique and improved multiprobe approaches.

High-performance MoS₂ transistors can be created using 2-nm-thick CaF₂ as a gate insulator, which forms a quasi van der Waals interface with the 2D semiconductor.

A readout scheme for quantum devices, which is inspired by one-transistor–one-capacitor dynamic random access memory and consists of CMOS field-effect transistors and quantum dots, could reduce the number of input lines per qubit and allow large-scale device arrays to be addressed.

Energy-efficient and secure wireless body sensor networks can be created by using conductive fabrics that support surface-plasmon-like modes at radio communication frequencies.

A radar-based sensor can monitor the individual vital signs—heartbeat and respiration—of multiple people in a real-world setting, keeping track of individual people during vigorous movement.